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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
"An analysis of Knowledge and Valuation" by Clarence Irving Lewis,1946
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Empirical statements,describing matters of fact,
are equivalent in meaning to hypothetical statements to the effect that if one were to act in certain ways,then one would come to have expriences of a certain anticipated sort.
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An empirical statement is verified by finding out whether what is presented in experience as a result of action is what one would expect.
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A priori statements
-statements whose truth is independent of matters of fact-
are true by virtue of the meanings of their terms and the logical relations between terms.
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Value statements concerning objects are empirical statements to the effect that if one were to be concerned with the objects,one would be satisfied or pleased by them ;
value statements expressive of the value-quality of experience do not admit of error and therefor,unlike value statements concerning objects,cannot be known to be true.
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